You’ve been laid off from your employer of several years and a few days after the lay off you get a call - “Do you want to come back as an independent contractor?” Sounds great - you get to keep working with a company you are very familiar with, may get a little more freedom [...]
Category Archives: Employment Law
Are you a misclassified employee?
May 12, 2009 – 3:23 pm
Here is a typical employee misclassification scenario. An individual applies for job directly with a company. The company invites the individual to come on as a “contract” employee because the need is short term, intending to classify him/her as a 1099 independent contractor for tax purposes. The individual is not really set up as an [...]